After boasting of her beauty to the Nereids or sea nymphs, she is punished rather harshly in my view by Poseidon and finds herself tethered to the north star Polaris to spin around it for perpetuity ...

In 1933, Rivera, then one of the most famous mural painters in the world, was hired by the Rockefellers to paint the lobby of ...

With “the great constellations” that are Orion, Gemini and Taurus occupying ... including culture, arts and social trends and developments. Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the ...

The latest Constellation play dives that question. It’s called Maple and Vine, and it’s about a 21 st-century couple – Katha and Ryu – who have that chance. They take it, and it ends up ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of ...

That can be a real help when you’re trying to get to know your way around constellations and find ... It’s over 400 light-years away. M42, The Orion Nebula. It’s a giant emission nebula ...

Benmont Tench has not really been out of sight for any truly extended stretch since the Heartbreakers necessarily went their ...

“Oh yes,” says Phil, our guide taking us tonight on – of all things – a kiwi hunt. “Tonight’s a good night to be in Hawke’s Bay.” The Milky Way over Hawke’s Bay Dining at ...

The best telescopes allow you to observe the night sky in more detail. The best telescopes unlock the wonders of the night sky right from your backyard and beyond. Bring the Moon and planets into ...

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Interest in Egypt’s mysteries peaked in the 1990s when archaeologist Robert Bauval claimed the pyramids aligned with the stars in the Orion constellation 10,500 years ago, despite the pyramids being ...

On Monday, the station will show up at 8:49 PM in the WNW, cruising through Aries, below the Moon, through the hooves of Taurus, below the feet of Orion into Lepus, and setting below Sirius in Canis ...